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National Academy of Inventors and SRI International Announce NAI Charter Fellows

December 18, 2012

SRI president and CEO Curtis R. Carlson, Ph.D has been named a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a professional distinction awarded to inventors who have demonstrated a "highly prolific spirit of innovation."

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Agilent Technologies’ New Pathway Architect Software to Include SRI International’s BioCyc Pathway Database Collection

December 10, 2012

Agilent Technologies Inc. and SRI have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers an integrated package that includes SRI's complete BioCyc Pathway Database Collection.

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No Clear Path to Mathematics Learning in California

November 30, 2012

New research makes clear that students doing well in seventh grade math are more likely to succeed in advanced math classes when they reach high school.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Large-Scale Surveys Research on Learning School Improvement: Student Success Science, Technology, Engineering + Mathematics Education

New Study Released on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Participation among College Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

November 14, 2012

A new SRI-led study finds that people with autism spectrum disorders are significantly more likely to choose science majors, if they attend college.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Behavioral Health Research on Learning Special Education/Disability

National Science Foundation-funded Study to Examine if New AP Science Courses Advance Student Progress onto Science and Engineering Career Track

October 29, 2012

New research study will provide the first experimental evidence on the effects of high school students taking an inquiry-based AP science course and whether it impacts educational progress and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation School Improvement: Curriculum + Instruction School Improvement: Student Success Science, Technology, Engineering + Mathematics Education

TerraSight® EX Expeditionary System Launches at AUSA 2012

October 22, 2012

The TerraSight® EX video exploitation system, a compact, lightweight expeditionary version of the proven TerraSight platform, was introduced today by SRI International Sarnoff.

Topics: 3D + Virtual Environments Border Security Computer Vision Force Protection Homeland Security + National Defense Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance Remote Sensing Sensors

Aurora and SRI International Sarnoff Integrate On-Board Video Processing into Skate SUAS

October 22, 2012

Aurora Flight Sciences and SRI International Sarnoff today announced the integration of the SRI Sarnoff DL Micro™ digital data link and video processor into the Aurora Skate® Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS). This pairing maximizes the real-time delivery of quality video from the SUAS.

Topics: Border Security Computer Vision Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security + National Defense Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance

Inscopix Inc. and SRI International to Collaborate on Brain Imaging R&D

October 11, 2012

Researchers from SRI’s Center for Neuroscience and Metabolic Diseases will use Inscopix’s nVista HD imaging system to gain a better understanding of normal brain function and the dysfunctions of neural circuitry that underlie neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Topics: Addiction Research Behavioral Health Medical Imaging Neurodegenerative Diseases Neuroscience

SRI International to Open Clinical Trial Facility, Michigan’s First Center of Innovation

September 27, 2012

The Michigan Strategic Fund approved the Center of Innovation designation and $5 million in initial funding for SRI Biosciences to open a Phase 1 clinical trial facility that will address unmet medical needs.

Topics: Biomarkers Clinical Laboratory Services Pharmaceutical R+D

SRI International Sarnoff to Launch Acadia ILS-6500™ Video Stabilizer and Encoder at ASIS 2012

September 10, 2012

SRI Sarnoff will introduce its Acadia® ILS-6500™ video stabilizer and encoder at ASIS 2012. SRI Sarnoff’s Acadia ILS-6500 combines real-time electronic image stabilization with H.264 encoding for improved distribution of quality video.

Topics: Border Security Computer Vision Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security + National Defense Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance

SRI In the News

Events

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2012

Las Vegas, NV | August 7, 2012

SRI will demonstrate end-to-end video processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions for unmanned air and ground vehicles.

Topics: 3D + Virtual Environments Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance

AIC Seminar: Algebraic Approaches for Reasoning in Very Noisy Multi-Target Tracking Problems

SRI Menlo Park (Room: EJ228) | August 9, 2012

Probabilistic reasoning and learning with permutation data arises as a fundamental problem in myriad applications. Huang will discuss an algebraic approach, and its implications for multi-target tracking.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence

Cafe Scientifique Silicon Valley @ SRI

6-7:30pm @ SRI Menlo Park - International Building | August 14, 2012

Dr. Fiona Baker will discuss differences in sleep between men and women and discuss her research about the influence on sleep quality and sleep architecture of the hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle as well as during the transition to menopause, when insomnia is a common symptom.

Topics: Sleep Disorders

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)

New Orleans, LA | August 27, 2012

SRI will showcase Generalized Emulation of Microcircuits (GEM) technology, which provides a permanent solution to obsolescence.

Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA | September 9, 2012

SRI Biosciences will exhibit.

Topics: Basic Cancer Research Cancer Drug Discovery

Biometrics Consortium Conference & Technology Expo (BCC) 2012

Tampa, FL | September 18, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its family of easy-to-use, indoor/outdoor biometric identification solutions. These products enable fast, accurate identity verification for access control—delivering unprecedented security without compromising throughput or ease of use.

Topics: Border Security Force Protection Homeland Security + National Defense

Podcasts

Video Processing on UAVs: More Situational Awareness for Warfighters

December 18, 2012

In this podcast, Michael Piacentino, technical director of the Vision Technologies business unit in SRI International’s Information and Computing Sciences Division, discusses the value of airborne video processing on UAV’s and the technology solutions in development at SRI.

Topics: Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance Sensors

Can New AP Courses Impact Student Interest in Science Careers?

November 13, 2012

SRI’s Ray McGhee discusses a new study examining inquiry-based Advanced Placement (AP) science courses.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation School Improvement: Curriculum + Instruction School Improvement: Student Success Science, Technology, Engineering + Mathematics Education

Augmented Reality: Mixing the Virtual with the Real for Improved Training

September 28, 2012

In this podcast, SRI's Teddy Kumar, Ph.D., discusses how augmented reality is emerging into the marketplace, and why there is so much interest in using it on smartphones and emerging eyewear.

Topics: 3D + Virtual Environments Computer Vision Force Protection

Early Childhood Development Key to Academic Success and Well-Being

August 17, 2012

Child development from birth to third grade is critical to skills that are built later in life. In this podcast, Donna Spiker, Ph.D., program manager in SRI's Center for Education and Human Services explains how SRI researchers work to promote the healthy development of young children.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Early Childhood School Improvement: Student Success

Virtual Education and Job Training: A New Platform for Immersive Learning Experiences

July 31, 2012

In this podcast, hear how NTER’s open-source platform enables online training and education through 3D immersive content, making it easy and inexpensive to build state-of-the-art learning experiences.

Topics: 21st Century Skills 3D + Virtual Environments Community College: Transitions Software Engineering

Can Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Reasoning Improve Textbooks?

June 12, 2012

Digital textbooks can provide a more engaging learning experience, especially for students who may otherwise be left behind.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies Out-of-School Learning

Genetic Differences and Smoking Behaviors: Biomarkers that May Predict Smoking Quantity

May 22, 2012

Recently, a team of researchers co-led by SRI International identified a genetic marker associated with smoking quantity in people of African ancestry.

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Tropical Diseases

May 4, 2012

Researchers are developing novel therapies, diagnostics and biomarkers in the fight against infectious tropical diseases that affect millions of people worldwide, primarily those living in poverty.

Topics: Biomarkers Disease Focus Areas Drug Discovery Infectious Diseases Vaccine Development

TerraSight® Video Exploitation System: Enhancing Communication Between Soldiers and Bases

May 2, 2012

SRI’s Jerry Berger explains how the new salience-based compression (SBC) module can compress pixels around a selected location allowing soldiers to focus on a specific area of interest in the video or data sent to them.

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security + National Defense Imaging Technologies Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance Sensors

Thin Tubes May Widen Access to Safe Drinking Water for Billions

April 27, 2012

One billion people worldwide are without access to safe drinking water. What's the best way to lower costs and improve access on a large scale? SRI researchers are developing advanced membrane technology--very thin, hollow tubes--to lower the amount of energy used to purify water.

Topics: Energy + Sustainability Water Research